House debates Questions without Notice

Private Health Insurance

Tuesday, 28 October 2014 House of Representatives

Joe Hockey

Joe Hockey North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer

2:11 pm

Once again the Labor Party has not done its homework. In the last parliament changes to private health insurance were a difficult issue for us. I well recall a conversation with the now Prime Minister about the matter. It was an issue that caused us great concern because we have always been the best friends of private health insurance. I remember the now Leader of the Opposition coming to me, begging me in that corner over there, to help Labor get through an initiative to take 60,000 single women off parental pensions and put them onto Newstart. So, please, spare us the hypocrisy—

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